Striking casting



Dec. 11, 192s.

1,694,960 D. s. BARRows STRIKING CASTING Filed Feb-12, 1927 3Sheets-Sheet l Dec. 1'1, 1928.

D. s. BARRQWS `STRIKING CASTING Filed Feb. 12,1927

5 Sheets-Sheet L I l l l D, s. BARROWS STRIKINGCASTING y Filed Feb, 12,1927' asheet-sheet Dec. 11, 192s."

Patented Dec. 11,1928. e y i UNITED STATES l 1,694,960 PATENT OFFICE.

DONALD s. Bannows, or ROCHESTER, Naw Yozax. I

srnrxINe CASTING.

Animation mea February 12, 1927. serial' No. 167,7oo.

This invention relatesv to. combined castings used in connection withdraft gear for railway cars and, more particularl to such castingsadapted to function as stri ng cast-- support and retain a removablecarrierblock.

An object of my invention is the provi#` sion of a combined castingformed with striking and carrier iron portions,'said carrier ironportion being bowed downwardly betweenthe ends thereof toprovide greaterclearance for the butt of an-iassociatedl coupler which may be of theswivel butt type,`

thereby having a. butt o greater dimensions i than the shank thereof.

Another object of my invention is the pro-- lvision or" a combinedcasting adapted for connection with'the underframeof a canand formedwith ,coupler striking and carrier iron portions, said'carrierironportion being -adapted to support a carrier block at the ends'.thereofand provided with an lintermediateportion normallyspaced fromsaid carrier block-whereby, upon removal of Said' 'block, a 'relativelylarge opening is provided.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a combined` castingadapted for connection with vthe center sills of a car-and =formed witha coupler striking portion and 4,sill tie member, said-members beingconnected 'at'the corresponding ends by substantially vertical webswhich are, in turn, connected with the-adj acent'ends of the sills, oneof said webs being apertured above said carrier iron portion and acarrier block or coupler supporting member inserted' throughsaidaperture and supportedv at its opposite ends on said sill tievmember, undesired removal of said block being prevented by a retainingpin 4extending across said aperture. f l

A lstill .further object of my invention is the provision of a combinedcasting provided with a coupler stop or strikingportion and asili tie orcarry iron portion, the corre sponding. ends of said portionsbeingconnected by substantially upright web portions, one ofsaid webportions being formed to provide a pocket above saidcarry iron and theother of said web portions bein correspondingly apertured, la carrierbloc inserted through said aperture and moved u`ntil the corresponding'-end fis received in said pocket withthe other end retained in saidaperture, .and retaining meansV extending across 'saidfaperture adjacentthe corresponding end of said block .for preventing i undesired removalthereof. A

vOther objects and advantages of -the invention relating to thearticular arrangement and combination o the various parts lwill becomeapparent as the-description proceeds.

Referringto the drawings illustrating my invention, the scope`.whereoitiis defined by the appended claims.

Figure- 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a combined castingembodying my invention, said casting being-shown connected to centersills andan associated coupler being diagramm'atically illustrated innormal position.

'Figure Q is 'plan ofthe embodiment Villustrated in Figure 1v .with .thecoupleromitted, the' viewibeing partly in section on the line 2f-2lofFigure 1 Alooking inthe di-H rection ofthe arrows. 1

Figure 3 is a front elevational view of the combined casting embodyingmy invention, said casting being shownA partly in section on the line 33 of Figure -2 looking inthe i direction of the arrows.

Figures 4 and 5 are views corresponding,

respectively, to Figures -1 and 3 but showing another embodiment of myinvention. v Figure 6 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional. view on the`line 6 6' of Figure 5 lookingin the direction of the arrows.

Figure 7 is a f'fragmentary elevational i -view looking from the rightat'the embodiment illustrated in Figure 5. c Referring to the drawingsin detail, 'like parts being designated by like reference characters,and irst considering the embodiment ofmy invention illustrated inFigures '1, 2 and 3, there is shown a combined casting.

1 formed with a coupler striking or stop portion 2', a coupler carrierportion or sill a tie member 3 and substantially upright connecting `webportions 4 formed Vwith rearwardly extending connecting ears or .flangeportions -5 which, in the embodiment shown, are connected to associatedcenter sills 6 by means of a plurality of rivets 7. In the embodimentshown, the sills are slotted .t0 the ends as findicated. at" 8 and therearwardly extending portions 5 of the combined casting-1 are adapted tfunction as the forward portions of cheek plates, that is, they areadapted to reinforce the slotted ortions of the sills which receive ausual ormfof draft key (not shown) as will be understood. w V c j Thestriking casting portion 2 of the combined cast1ng;1 is-"preferablyformed with an upright web portion 9 adapted for engagement with thehorn of the coupler 10, illustrated diagrammaticallyby dot and dashlines, upon sufficient rearward movement thereof, and a lower inwardlyextending web portionI 11 overlying the shank of `said coupler.Extending from the upper edge' ofthe web portion 9, continued rearwardlyVand adapted to extend beneath the sill cover plate (not shown) and endsill (not shown) isa shelf or web portion 12. The rearward ortion ofsaid shelf may be downwardly' o set, if desired, as indicated at 13.-

For bracing the Vwebportions 9, 11, 12 and 13'together, longitudinallyextending web portions 14 vare preferably provided, which graduallytaper from the rear edge of the web 11 and finally merge into the web13. Said web 12, at the front of the center sills 6, referably extendstransversely beyond said) center sills and the overhanging por-` tions15 are .preferably braced with respect to the 4web portions 44 by meansof .trans-l versely extending-substantially vertical web or flan eportions 16 which preferably extend su tantially the' full height of thecombined casting. These webs or flanges 516 are, in turn, braced to theweb portionsrt".

by web' or gusset portions 17 and thecorrfesponding portions of the web'12.U

Between the centerlsills and rearwardly ofthe endsthereof, that portion13 of the web 12 is formed V'narrower'. than -the remainder of said webso as to' extend between@ the sills 'without intersecti the same and: ispreferably ositioned so t at the Itop substantially ush withthe tops ofthe sills. This construction makes it possible to rigidly connect theendsills and center sills" while' providingfor the securev connectionbetween the combined vcasting 1 and the 'cover plate and center sills.Thenarrower portion 13 isl preferably extended for a substantialdistance to underlie the end sill and, as will :retained-1n place ndingflanges 19 at opposite edges thereof.

. eend portions of said web are substan- Y-tally horizontal and flat butthe intermediate portions 20 thereof are bowedv downwardly or depressed,thereby increasing'the size of thel opening between the strikingcastingportion, sill tie portion and connectingwebs l .or flanges 16.`The depending flanges 19 follow generally the curvature of the web 20,the ends, however, preferably merging with the ends of the web 20 andthe corresponding Vupright flanges or -websV 16, as shown particularlyin Figure The-.flat end portions 21 of the web 18 are positioned .at theproper elevation forV supporting the carrier block 22, which block ispreferably straight and formed in cross vsection as a hollow rectanglehaving anupper web 23, a

lower web 24 and side webs 25.

For properly retaining the carrier block in place, one of the webs 4 isformed with inwardly extending liange portions 26 providing al ket 27yadapted to receive the correspon ing end of the carrier block 22, asshown most clearly in Figure 3. The pocket 27 may correspond in sizewith the end of the carrier block so that itreceives theI same with onlynormal clearance,'thereby Aserving to retain said member in the desiredIt should also be Y Vor forward end engages inthe pocket 27.

Thelength of the block 22 is such that, when v one end 1s engaged inthepocket 27, the other end .is en ged in the aperture-28 so that it istheweb 4 above it, the webs 16p-,to each si e offitand the fiatportion2I of the web" 18 below it.

order. to"'revent'undesired withdrawal l of tliecarnier lock 22, theedge of the web .4; 't'.lc'as'f'e the aperture' 28, lis preferablyprovideditiith an Aoutwardly extending web 29 roiliin ftlewebs'orflanges 16 `and'a'pertured i as indicated at 30 for the Areception of aretaining pin or bolt 31. The 4flat portion 21 of the web-20 is providedwith a corresponding'regisbering aperture 32 and both of said aperturesare so positioned that,` when the pin 31 is" in place, the block 22 isnot only prevented from withdrawal from the aperture 28 but is preventedfrom disengaging the pocket 27.' Any desired means, such as a cotter(not shown), may be inserted through the hole 33 in the pin 31 toprevent undes1red removal thereo llf desired, a wear plate 34 may beapplied over the top of the .block 22, said wear plate being shown wearplate' maybe'retained in central posiw tion by snugly positioning thesame betweenthe shouldered portions A37 provided on the forward orpouterwebs 16 as will 'be under- Referring now to the embodiment of myinvention illustrated in Figures 4 to 7, inclus ive, I have shown acombinedl 1 very similar to the Vcombined casting 1 of thep previousembodiment. The bifurcated l webs.' or ears '5F-extend a shorterdistance rearwardly than those of'the'previous embodiment and the sills6aL are not slotted to the ends as in the first embodiment but extendforwardly into the coupler stemopening between the striking portion 2,carrier iron-portion 3 and web-portions 4* and areV connected to saidweb portions by a plurality of rivets 7, as shown most clearly in Figure4. The rearwardly extending ears frL are Another difference between thepresent embodiment and that of the first embodiment resides in the factthat' the retaining pin 31a is substantially horizontally disposedrather than substantially vertically disposed asin the previousYembodiment andV extends through apertures 32 in the webY or angeportions 16a ofthe combined 'casting 1a rather than as described inconnection with the first embodiment. The lower portion of the pin 31may be substantially Hush with the web 21a of the tie portion 3a or mayextend slightly below it, as illustrated particularly in Figure 5.- Acorresponding end of the carrier block. 22 is retained beneath the'forwardly extenda portion 26l of the correspondingcenter silgl,v thewebs la being spaced a greater distance than in the first embodiment andextending substantially parallel' with the webs of-the center sillsrather than being provided with the ogee curve as shown in Figure 2.VAIt will be 'ap preciated that such a curvature is not necessary in thepresent embodiment because o f the horizontal rather than the verticalpositioning ofthe retaining pin.v The other end Y ofsaid carrier blockfits into apocket 27a formed, not as in 'thepreviousembodiment 'by anintegral flange extending inwardly --from the web 4, but by the outwardextension v26 on the corresponding center sill 6aL together with theshoulder formed at the junction between the rmore w`dely spaced webs 16aand those positioned above the carrier block 22a. .Except asspecifically de-V scribed in connection with the present em- Vtionsserving, respectively, as a striking castbodiment, the same maycorrespond substanF tially with that of the" first embodiment.

It will be appreciated that by virtue of the aforedescrib'edconstruction, I have provided a combined striking casting. and sill tiemember preferably formed as an integral casting normally surrounding theshank of anassociated coupler.. vThe opening pro'- vided for-saidcoupler and particularly the butt end thereof, is relatively large, sothat it maybe of the swivel type such, for-example, as described andclaimed in my Patent No. .1,431,717 of October 10, 1922, the butt ofwhich is'- substantially larger than the shank.V .When the carrier blockis in place, it willbe appreciated that the net opening is very muchsmaller so that lthe shank of thecoupl'er is supported at vnormalelevation and the butt cannot be removed until after removal of thecarrier block. By virtue of having the tie memberor carrier iron boweddownwardly or depressed beneath-the coupler block, an opening of theArequisite size is provided without necessitatmg a block of unusuallygreat height. A 99 vblock is provided of a lstrength correspond-Vserting the block transversely as previously described and having oneend retained in` a pocket and the other end retained in the laperture`provided for insertion and pre- -vented'from undesired removal by asimple retaining pin disposed across the opening, a. desirable yetsimple lconstruction is pro` vided as will be understood.

Having now described my invention', I claim:

-1. A combined casting .comprising por-. tions serving, respectively',as a striking casting and sill tie member, said sill tie' member beingbowed downwardly alt its intermediate ortion and adapted to support acar rier lock on its end portions and a removable carrier block seatedon the end portions of the sill tie' member and spanning the -downwardlybowed portion.

2.'A `combined casting comprisingy pormg and coupler carrier iron, saidcarrier -iron portion bemg depressed at its intermediat'e portion toprovide greater clearance for' receiving the' butt ofan associatedcoupler, the end portions of said carrier iron portion being relativelyllat and adapted 'to 1 support a carrierblock, and a removable carseatedon said carrier iron portion and en' aging the same adjacenttheendsthereof ut spacedjrom the top thereof'at intermediate portions.'

4. AV combined casting comprising por tions serving, respectively, as astriking casting and'sill tie member, said sill 'tie member beingprovided with carrier block supporting pockets -adjacent the endsthereof and a removable carrier blockseated in said pockets, a spacebeing provided between the intermediate portions of said carrier blockand the top ofthe sill tie member. j

5. A combined vcasting `comprising portions serving, respectively, as astriking cast` ing and sill tie member, said sill tie member'v beingconnected to the striking casting por- V`tion by substantially uprightwebs and v adapted to su port a carrier block on 'they end portions tiereo-f adjacent said webs, the .intermediate portion, however, being de.pressed for providing a greater o ening-for the reception of parts pf,tliedra t rigging, one of, said web-portions being apertured adjacentthe sill tie member,'a carrier block insertable through said aperture,and supf ported on said sill tie member anda retaining pin insertablethrough portions of said combined casting across theopening in said webfor preventing undesirable removal of saidblocnf y ..i 6. A -combinedcasting comprisingl portions serving, respectively, as a striking cast-'ing and coupler carrier iron, said portions being connected together bysubstantially upright webs and the carrierA iron -being adapted tosupport a carrier block at the.. end portions thereof adjacent saidwebs, the

intermediate portion of said carrier iron being bowed downwardly toprovide a greater opening for the reception of the draft' rigging, oneof said upright webs being formed with an opening above thecarrierirontacarrier block insertable through said opening and supportedon the ends'of `said carrier iron, the edges of 'said latter openingbeing framed by transversely disposed webs, and a ietliining pininserta'ble through said webs and extending acrossthe opening in saidupright web to lretain said carrier block.

in place. Y

7. A combined castingv comprising portions servin'. rcs ectivel as astri'lrinflr cast,

ing and sill tie member, said sill tie member being connected tosaidstriking casting por tion by webs connecting corresponding endsthereof, the lower portion of one oki said webs, above the sill tie-member, being' formed with the provision of a pocket adapted to receivethe end 'ofacarrier block,

tli'eother web being apertured for receiving said block when insertedtransversely in the casting, and a carrier block insertable Y throughsaid aperture and positioned with its corresponding end bodily receivedin said pocket and the other end retained by the provision of stop meansat said apertured portion and means positioned across said aperture forretaining said block in place.

, 8. lIn combination with the center sills of axcar, a combined castingcomprising portions serving, respectively, as a striking castting andsill tie member, said sill t-ie member being bowed downwardly betweensaid sills with its 'end portions formed to support a carrier block,anda carrier block seated on the end portions of said tie member and eX-tending 4transversely between. said sills over ghe downwaidly'bow'edportion of said memer. j

l A9. In combination with thevcenter sills of a car, a combined castingcomprising porltions serving, respectively, as a striking casting andcoupler carrier iion, said carrier 'iron portion being `depressed at itsintermediate portion to provide greater clearancefor receivingassociated vparts Vof a draft gear, the ,end portions of said carrieriron being relatively fiat and adapted to support a carrier block, and acarrier block seated on said end portions of the carrier iron andextending between the sills across. said depressed portion.

10. In combination with the center sills of a car, a combined castingcomprising portions serving, respectively, as` a striking castingand'sill tie member,said tie member being connected to the strikingcasting portion by substantially upri ht webs and adapted to support acarrier b ock on portions adjacent said webs, means 'connecting saidwebs to adjacent portions of said sills, one of said webs beingapertured adjacent said tie member, a carrier block insertable throughsaid aperture and supported on said tie member and retaining meanslpositioned across the opening in said web for 11. In combination: withthe center sills of a car, a combined casting comprising portionsserving, respectively, as a striking casting and coupler carrier iron,said carrier iron being connected to the striking casting bysubstantially upright webs` means con? `DONALD S. BARROWS;

preventing undesired removal of said block.

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